Ortaffa
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ortaffa (INSEE 66129) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. Population 1,980 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/66129-ortaffa
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 64 % of the 9,693 communes of a similar size.
Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.
Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.39 | 25 | 9.75 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.89 | 5 | 4.43 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL ROTISSERIE FABRICE). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BALADE EN PAYS CATALAN · EURL LE CELLIER DE GEORGES · A LA CISTELLA D' AQUI). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LAFONT · SASU ALEXANDRE PETIT-RAYMOND). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS DU BOUCHON). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ORTAFFA AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE D'ORTAFFA). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (ALB'HAIR COIFFURE A DOMICILE · CUT N' GLOSS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | SARL ROTISSERIE FABRICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | BALADE EN PAYS CATALAN · EURL LE CELLIER DE GEORGES · A LA CISTELLA D' AQUI | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | LAFONT · SASU ALEXANDRE PETIT-RAYMOND | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE RELAIS DU BOUCHON | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ORTAFFA AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHEQUE D'ORTAFFA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | ALB'HAIR COIFFURE A DOMICILE · CUT N' GLOSS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,270 (2012) → 1,980 (2023): 55.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 803 (1990) → 1,980 (2023): 146.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 984, of which 5.7 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Palau-del-Vidre): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ortaffa): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Brouilla): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Palau-del-Vidre): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Ortaffa): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ARGELES-SUR-MER weather station, 8.1 km away at 28 m; the village itself is at 43 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LE PERTHUS, 13.1 km away at 295 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 252 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 648 mm of rain a year, spread over 55 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BROUILLA, 2.2 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66129/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66129/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66129/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66129/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66133
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66129
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66026
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moussan | 11 | 72 km N | 2,093 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Belcodène | 13 | 236 km NE | 2,009 | 43 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 34 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Germain-en-Coglès | 35 | 725 km NW | 2,096 | 41.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals | 26 | 328 km NE | 1,895 | 53.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 % |
| Candillargues | 34 | 148 km NE | 2,091 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vernègues | 13 | 220 km NE | 2,166 | 54.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moussan | 11 | 72 km N | 2,093 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Candillargues | 34 | 148 km NE | 2,091 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vernègues | 13 | 220 km NE | 2,166 | 54.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
| Belcodène | 13 | 236 km NE | 2,009 | 43 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 34 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals | 26 | 328 km NE | 1,895 | 53.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Germain-en-Coglès | 35 | 725 km NW | 2,096 | 41.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Ortaffa's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moussan | 11 | 72 km N | 2,093 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Palau-del-Vidre | 66 | 3.2 km E | 3,329 | 44.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bizanet | 11 | 65 km N | 1,730 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brouilla | 66 | 2.3 km SW | 1,572 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montescot | 66 | 3.1 km N | 1,586 | 38.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montredon-des-Corbières | 11 | 68 km N | 1,485 | 50.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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